Lansdale High School - Highlights Yearbook (Lansdale, PA)

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Ralph R Smlth Supr rzntf ndf nt Io thc mtmbers of the 1954 gr rduatrnf' C ass 'H Agarn rt rs mx responsrbrlrtx and mx pleasure to attempt to grxe adxrce to xou members of a graduatrng class of the Lans dale omtj Hrgh School I haxe been told that xou are usrng some gurdance prrncrple for your graduatron ex ent such as, We haxc crossed the b tx tnd the ocean lrts bexond Phe thought undcrlxrng such a gurdrng prrncrple rs that xou haxe tncountt rtd ont cessfullx rtmox ed rt But thert remarns strll another barrrer alonglrft sxx ax bex ond hr h school graduatron that seems to you noxx as obstructrxe as the ocean' Thrs all maltts sense of course X bax as a bodx of xxatcr rs just an rnltt of the sea usuallx smalltr than a gulf and not xerx deep xxhrlc thc oce tn coxtrs thru fourths of the surf tc: of the globc and rn some places rs mort thrn H 000 feet deep It taltes xerx lrttle seamanshrp to cross the bax Some of xou probablx found the xx ater rough rn spots ex en xx h1le crossrng the bax Farr xxeather sarlors are able to cross the bax but not the ocean The ocean does lre bexond and most of xou xxrll haxe to haxe more courage rugge d ru ss and poxxtr than xou noxx posse ss rf xou tx er expect to reach thc opposrtc short ohn Masefield xx ho xx as sex entx hxc vears of age last une rs Poet Laurtatt of Great Brrtarn He serxed before the mast at sea for three xears He qurt hrs lrfe as a seaman at sex cnteen or erghteen He lox ed books and practrcallx xxorshrpped Iseats md Shellex He savs, cxen at that earlx age hc xx as on fire to bc a pott but he found the taslt of composrng a poem to bt more drflr cult than clrmbrng masts or parntmg dt clxs I thought rt most approprrate becaust of ohn Masefield s ercperrence as a seam rn to pass on to xou a xerx srmple homespun sen trment xxhrch he regards as the best adx rct ht ex er had It xx as sent to hrm almost srxtx xt rrs ago It rs 1 xt rx scntentrous 1 c quatrarn Srttrng strll 'md xxrshrng Makes no person grt at The good Lord sends the fishrng But xou must drg the balt Nlasefield tells us that he does not lsnoxx the author of these srmple lrnes but xx rthout thrs constant goad he feels that he xxould not haxe become a great xxrrter and the Poet Laureate of hrs countrx 0 .if . . I ' '. A 2 1 Q I X 1 1 1 .X 1 c 5 .., . 1 .. .. ' A 1 L. . K. 1 1 9 . ' ' ' , 1 . . 2 . , . J s -.. s 1 , 1 1 J li 5 ' A . L 1 ' Y' ' ' , . . . s 1 s s- Q V 1 5 s V ' Cl . - , ' ,, 1' 1 -1 1 h L u 1 r . 1 1 4 . 7 - 1 v 1 1 . v - 1 1 LG vi r rx K 1 A C 1 K V 5 K Iv '11 v I V r 1 1 v 1 5 X . .. , 1 . '1- 1 N L ' '1 ' ' ' ,' ' ' 1 t ' Pk V C1 C K 1 . 'I ' 'A I 1 l r . 51 1. 1 1 . ' . ' ' W I 1 1 L , L 1 1 1 v 1. - 1 i ' ' X- ' 4 ' v 1 1 X x 5 D K V V I V 4 V I . . 1 1 1 1 . ' 5 ru . 5 , 'r ' I 1 v v K L l -- small barrrer along lrfe s xx ax and haxe suc- . ' . ' X v . 1 . x 1 - A, L 4 5 1 A 4 . 5 L 1 , I 1 1 1 1 . , 1 . . . U. , . t . . m . , , 1 . . . - .l ' 1 1 .l .l ' ' 1 kk 1' I ' K A 5 I . 1 . . 1 1 , '. , ,. 'K ' ' ' ' ' A ' 1 1 -1 . . 1 1 , . . D ' ' ra. . .2 'a .r 3 lttl' 1 I . 1 . 1 1 ' , , L ' 1 L , Q 1 1s-1 -ss - - - - , , gc ' ' ' -'1 ' fl A - P C 1 K K s C 1 K Q' x . ' B1 4 I -, -L x 2 xl, , A, K ,-, V A . 1 1 1 1 K I cc Y 'vs - ' v ,' ' - , . 1 r gi Q! 1' 1 Y V K 'Q' 1. 1 v 1 Q 3 - Bw 1. - ' t t ' ' ' 1

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